compounder
/kəmˈpaʊndə(ɹ)/
Word Rarity
Very rare
Frequency: Zipf frequency 1.41 in modern English
17
Scrabble Score
10
Letters
2
Syllables
9
Unique Chars
Meaning
noun
One who attempts to bring persons or parties to terms of agreement, or to accomplish ends by compromises.
noun
One who compounds a debt, obligation, or crime.
noun
One at a university who pays extraordinary fees for the degree he is to take.
British usage; Archaic
noun
A Jacobite who favoured the restoration of James II, on condition of a general amnesty and of guarantees for the security of the civil and ecclesiastical constitution of the realm.
British usage
Example Sentences
- "a compounder of medicines"
- "Compounders in politics."
- "Religious houses made compounders / For the horrid actions of their founders."
- "1691–92, Anthony Wood (antiquary), Athenæ Oxonienses The first of these two was a compounder, the other who was an accumulator, was lately made provost of Trin. coll. near Dublin, and on the 31st of March 1692 was nominated bish. of Kilmore."
Etymology
From compound + -er.